What is Steel? What are the types of Steel? What is its application?
Steel is an Alloy of Iron and Carbon. Steel is divided as Low Carbon(Mild Steel) , Medium Carbon and High Carbon Steel based on Carbon content & Killed, Semi killed and Rimming
Steel based on deoxidation process. Application of Steel involves in various
Automobile, White Goods and Structural applications.
Steel is an Alloy of Iron and Carbon. Steel is divided as Low Carbon(Mild Steel) , Medium
Carbon and High Carbon Steel based on Carbon content & Killed, Semi killed and Rimming
Steel based on deoxidation process.Application of Steel involves in various
Automobile, White Goods and Structural applications.
Hot Rolled coils are Pickled in hydrochloric acid, Cold Rolled in successive passes,
Electrolytically cleaned, Annealed in batch type furnaces in hydrogen atmosphere and Skin
passed with application of rust preventive oil to make CRCA in different grades and textures
( Bright & Matt )
Matt : Surface Roughness is 0.6 to 1.4microns. Bright : Surface Roughness is less than 0.5 microns.
Matt finish is used for Painting & drawing applications and Bright finish is for plating
application.
What is cold rolling & for which steel grades this can be done?
Cold rolling is the mechanical working of the Steel below Recrystallisation
Temperature to achieve close thickness tolerances, better surface finish. Various grades
rolled in flat form are D, DD, EDD, IF grade, High Tensile strength.
What is the main difference between Hot Rolled Steel and Cold Rolled steel?
Cold Rolled steel will have closed thickness profile and good surface texture & flatness
compared with Hot Rolled Steel.Hot Rolled Steel is rolled above Recrystallisation
Temperature and Cold Rolled steel is of below Recrystallisation Temperature. Hot Rolled
coils are available above 1.60 mm to 10.00 mm thickness & Cold rolled sheets are available
up to 0.10 mm to 4.00 mm Worldwide.
What is Pickling? Why it is being done? Which Acid is used in Pickling process?
Pickling is the process of Acid cleaning of the sheet which removes Scale ( Fe2O3) from
the surface of the strip. These Oxide layers are to be essentially removed for smooth cold
rolling operation & better surface quality. Hydro Chloric Acid is generally used in Pickling
process.
What is the advantage of 6HI Hitachi over other rolling mills?
Auto gauge control(AGC), Auto Shape control, X-Ray gauge, Universal crown & IMR
Shifting to have better thickness tolerances, good shape in comparison to other Rolling
mills.
What is Electrolytic Cleaning process& how it is different from other cleaning process
of steel?
Electrolytic cleaning process is capable of removing micro fines of Iron & Dirt and other
unwanted foreign particles from cold rolled steel strip surface. This can not be obtained
from conventional cleaning processes.
What is Annealing? What are the types of Annealing? What are the benefits of a closed annealing
Annealing is the process of Heat Treatment in which internal stresses of highly cold worked
material are relieved. Steps of annealing include stress releaving, recrystalaization and grain
growth. Batch type annealing and Continuous Annealing are two types of Annealing
What is Kathabar process? & what are the benefits of it?
Kathabar process is the process of Cooling the Annealed coils to Room Temperature by
Circulation of controlled dehumidified air in closed atmosphere. This process prevents Rust
formation by humidity control in closed atmosphere.
What is Skinpass process? Why it is done over Steel? What is its advantage?
Skinpass is the process of removing Yield Point Elongation of Annealed sheet. This is done
for improving Surface finish & Flatness of the Strip. During this stage texture of steel is
defined with application of rust preventive oil and also shape control of the required gauge
by stress leveler.
What is Hot Dip Galvanizing? What are the applications of Galvanized sheets?
Hot dip galvanizing is the process of applying a zinc coating to Cold rolled steel strip by immersing the material in a bath consisting primarily of molten zinc. The simplicity of the
galvanizing process is a distinct advantage over other methods of providing corrosion protection.
Galvanizing forms a metallurgical bond between the zinc and the underlying steel , creating a
barrier that is part of the metal itself. In India Galvanized steel is generally used in Roofing,
Refrigerator door & body panels and manufacture of various parts Home appliances.
EDT means Electrical discharge texturing machining. In this method material removal from
rolls by means of controlled electrical discharges between the tool electrode and the work
piece ie Rolls. Its function is to make the surface of the rolls from Bright to Matt Finish.
CRS is Cold Rolled Slitter & CTL is Cut to Length. CRS is being done for trimming the
sheet to the required Width in close tolerance. CTL is being done for cropping the sheet to
the required length.
The process of forming or ribbing a flat sheet of material into a consistent, symmetrical profile
to increase that material's strength to weight ratio up to 30% over the conventional material.
The forming of sheet metal into a series of straight, parallel alternate ridges and grooves with
a rolling mill equipped with matched roller dies or a press brake equipped with specially
shaped punch and die.
Bhushan steel is certified to the latest QMS & EHS Systems acknowledged all over the
World ie ISO/TS : 16949 -2002 Quality management System, ISO : 14001 : 2004
Environmental management System, OHSAS :18001:2007 Occupational Health & Safety
assessment Series all of them certified by World renowned certification Body
M/s Det Norske veritas AS ( DNV ) further Bhushan Steel has also taken DUN’s Number to
supply their material to all Car manufacturer world wide directly after sample approval.